"She reads and recites beautifully." "You are not sure it would trespass on your time too much, Anne ?" observed the wily old lady.

"I don't want to impose on you." Anne's face fairly radiated with happiness.

Could those girls possibly guess how much it meant to her to earn a little money! Five dollars was to her an enormous sum, and perhaps she might earn as much as that in time.
"Might I do it ?" she exclaimed, beside herself with joy.
Grace turned her face away a moment.

She felt almost ashamed of her own comfortable prosperity.

And how like Mrs.Gray it was to do a kind thing in that way, as if Anne would be conferring a favor by accepting the position.
"Indeed, you might, my dear.